1. Do Now: What type of government did China adopt during Mao Zedong’s rule? What country did China use a model for this type of government? Why might Stalin have been happy about what was going on within China? Homework: NONE

2. Communism in China Ch. 21 Sect. 2

3. Mao Zedong

4. Mao Zedong spreads Communism

5. Characteristics of Communism: A FORM OF SOCIALISM ONE LEADING RULER STRUGGLE BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES UNAVOIDABLE. GOVERNMENT CONTROL EXTREME NATIONALISM

6. PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA

7. WHY DID THEY WIN? MAO WON THE SUPPORT OF PEASANTS. WOMEN BACKED MAO. MAO WAS ABLE TO OUT FIGHT THE CURRENT LEADER.

8. MAKING THE ECONOMY STRONGER

9. BUSINESSES NATIONALIZED. 5 YEAR PLANS….WHO CAN THESE BE COMPARED TO? COLLECTIVIZATION OF AGRICULTURE.

10. WITH COMMUNISM COMES TOTALITARIANISM

11. MAO BECAME CHINA’S RULER. TOTALITARIAN STATE WITH COMMUNISM LEADING THE COUNTRY. COMMUNISM EVEN REPLACED RELIGION---- CONFUCIANISM.

12. THE HIGHER CLASSES FOUGHT TERROR FROM THE GOVERNMENT. WHY WOULD THE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT PEASANTS AND THE LOWER CLASS OVER THE MIDDLE OR HIGHER CLASS?

13. LITERACY/WOMEN’S RIGHTS SCHOOLS WERE OPENED. WOMEN WIN EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW.

14. WHILE MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS SEEMED GOOD, IT CAME AT A HEAVY COST. 2 MAIN EVENTS LEAD TO ECONOMIC RUIN AND MANY LIVES LOST IN CHINA.

15. GREAT LEAP FORWARD MAKE A LARGER EFFORT TO INCREASE FARM & INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT. COMMUNES=LAND, VILLAGES, PEOPLE. –EACH COMMUNE HAD A PRODUCTION QUOTA.

17. IT FAILS! QUOTAS WERE NOT MET. BAD WEATHER HIT; WHICH LEAD TO LESS FOOD.

18. BETWEEN 1959-1961 30 MILLION CHINESE DIE FROM HUNGER.

19. 1966- GREAT PROLETARIAN CULTURAL REVOLUTION PURGE CHINA OF BOURGEOIS/ NONREVOLUTIONARIES.

20. TEENAGERS FOR RED GUARDS

21. WHAT IS IN THEIR HANDS?

22. THESE GROUPS TARGETED PEOPLE OF AUTHORITY AND ANYONE WHO WAS BELIEVED TO A COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY.

23. SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES CLOSED. ECONOMY SLOWED. THIS GENERATION BECAME KNOWN AS THE “LOST GENERATION”

24. COMPARE THE FOLLOWING TWO QUOTES “THE POLICY OF LETTING A HUNDRED FLOWERS BLOSSOM AND A HUNDRED SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT CONTEND IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE FLOURISHING OF THE ARTS AND THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE.”

25. Write an explanation about this quote. “SWOLLEN IN HEAD, WEAK IN LEGS, SHARP IN TONGUE, BUT EMPTY IN BELLY.” Write down what the difference is between the quotes. –Think time period; who may be saying it exc.